CAREER NOTES: Three-year letterwinner appeared in 39 career games, including 27 starts . . . had 75 tackles and 19.5 tackles for loss, including 6.0 sacks.

2010 SEASON (SENIOR): Fifth-year senior started 12 games at defensive end . . . named to Phil Steele's All-Big Ten third team . . . tied for team lead with a career-high 10 tackles for loss (53 yards) . . . recorded a career-high 34 tackles . . . also ranked fourth on team with 2.5 sacks (19 yards) . . . tied a season high with five tackles, including two for losses of 11 yards, in win at Penn State that clinched a share of the Big Ten title . . . recorded four tackles, including an 8-yard sack, against Minnesota . . . collected three tackles, including one tackle for loss (2 yards), at No. 18 Iowa . . . posted three tackles and two quarterback hurries at Northwestern . . . recorded three tackles, including two for losses (11 yards), against Illinois . . . did not play against No. 11 Wisconsin (injured) . . . compiled three tackles, forced a fumble and broke up a pass in win over Northern Colorado . . . named Spartan Defensive Player of the Week after collecting a career-high three tackles for loss (16 yards) and five tackles overall against Florida Atlantic at Ford Field . . . recorded three tackles, including a 5-yard sack, in the season opener against Western Michigan.

2009 SEASON (JUNIOR): Presented the 2009 Tommy Love Award as MSU's most improved player . . . appeared in all 13 games in 2009 and started 12 games
at defensive end . . . compiled a career-high 24 tackles, including 7.0 for losses (36 yards) . . . finished fifth on the team with 98 production points . . . also had four quarterback hurries . . . came up with the biggest stop of the game to preserve the win at Purdue, sacking Boilermaker quarterback Joey Elliott for a 13-yard loss on a fourth-and-6 play on the MSU 47-yard line with under a minute remaining . . . finished the game with two tackles for loss (15 yards) and four tackles overall . . . had two quarterback hurries vs. Western Michigan . . . recorded a career-high 2.5 tackles for loss (13 yards) and three tackles overall at Minnesota . . . on back-to-back plays in the third quarter against the Gophers, registered an 8-yard loss on a rush, then teamed up with Blake Treadwell for a 5-yard sack . . . tallied three tackles vs. Iowa, including a half tackle for loss on third-and-goal that limited the Hawkeyes to a field goal . . . produced two tackles, including a half-sack (3 yards), at Illinois . . . compiled three tackles, including a half tackle for loss, vs. Michigan . . . registered two tackles at Notre Dame . . . had two tackles, including a 3-yard sack, and a pass break-up vs. Central Michigan . . . recorded three tackles in the season opener vs. Montana State.

2008 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in all 13 games at defensive end in 2008, including three starting assignments (vs. California, Eastern Michigan and Indiana) . . . spent the majority of the season in a back-up role to Brandon Long . . . recorded 14 tackles (7 solos, 7 assists), including two for losses (5 yards) . . . made three solo stops at Indiana . . . posted two tackles and a half tackle for loss each vs. Eastern Michigan and Florida Atlantic . . . produced a career-best six tackles, including one for a 3-yard loss, in his first collegiate start at California in the
season opener.

2007 SEASON (RED-SHIRT FRESHMAN): Made his only appearance of the 2007 season in the opener vs. UAB and recorded three stops, including a half tackle for loss . . . missed the majority of spring practice with a dislocated kneecap.